Example sentences of "it is [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heat it very gradually until it is little more than tepid . |
| 2 | The tenant 's adviser should be on his guard against such a provision since it is little more than a trap for the tenant , particularly since the figure specified by the landlord need not be a bona fide and genuine pre-estimate of the market rent ( Amalgamated Estates Ltd v Joystretch Manufacturing Ltd ( 1980 ) 257 EG 489 ) . |
| 3 | Conversely , on the materialist model it is much more homophobia itself , as an aspect of the construction of homosexuality and independently of the question of the actual subjective repression of desire , which helps secure a coerced identity and social organization ; homophobia enforces the heterosexual norm by policing its boundaries : ‘ Homophobia is only incidentally directed against homosexuals — its more common use is against the 49% of the population which is male … |
| 4 | But it is much more than this . |
| 5 | On its simplest level the Zone denotes Germany immediately before and after military defeat , but it is much more than that . |
| 6 | Certainly it is much more than an upmarket beauty treatment , as some would have us believe . |
| 7 | It is much more effort for the speechreader than it is for you . |
| 8 | What many of the six million tourists who visit Hong Kong each year have discovered is that it is much more than a traditional eating-out and shop-till-you-drop paradise . |
| 9 | It is much more to do with the image within the hair and from a grooming point of view , the hair should be on a par with the clothes . |
| 10 | Yet it is much more than an attack on the policies of a given minister . |
| 11 | Also , he believed , ‘ in respect of much general book/library purchasing , the decision is not ‘ what is the best book ’ in absolute terms , it is much more ‘ is this suitable/attractive and justifies my use of whatever funds I was intending to spend ’ . |
| 12 | It is much more to do with the work itself . |
| 13 | It is much more than just the duties of the job . |
| 14 | It is much more than just looking at the ultimate consequences . |
| 15 | That is an interesting literary distinction , but I do not think that it is much more than that . |
| 16 | A mild recession may cause far more economic damage than a one-day stockmarket fall of , say , 25% , but it is much less unsettling . |
| 17 | If it is much less , try using a 40 watt bulb instead . |
| 18 | It is much less of a pleasure to read . |
| 19 | It is such contrary themes which can provide the content for the internalized dialogue , which could be said to constitute deliberative thinking ( Billig , 1987 ) . |
| 20 | It is such relentless attention that makes her garden so spectacular for so much of the year . |
| 21 | How good of you to do all that work — and it is such hard work ! |
| 22 | It is such universal perceptions as those of Darcy and Lady Julie that mark out Keneally as a major novelist . |
| 23 | It is such non-local visits that raise the most serious problems of accessibility and are of the greatest importance to rural transport policy-makers ( Clark and Unwin 1981 ) . |
| 24 | It is such loose , flaccid and irresponsible thinking which has led to the widespread use of the offensive term ’ joyriding ’ . |
| 25 | It is such measurable levels of activity over a given time period however which provide a means of support and comparison . |
| 26 | We have already seen why it is that traumatic weaning may no longer be necessary because the state , rather than the individual 's own ego and superego , now enforces postponement of oral gratification in the interest of the economy . |
| 27 | Look instead for a degree of suppleness in the fabric and the extent to which the colours alter their intensity when viewed from different angles ; the more readily they submit to subtle changes in the direction of the light source , the more likely it is that good quality silk has been used . |
| 28 | You do need a mouse to run this program but it is that good it is worth buying one just to play . |
| 29 | So it is that close attention to the language itself and reference to systemic knowledge allows us to negotiate meaning and acquire the kind of information which for the reader in the schematic know is provided in advance . |
| 30 | It is that tender , chiding , mutual affection which makes these beautifully translated letters between them so agreeable to read . |